joe,
just because you chose to list items on ebay for sale or up for bid
doesnt mean they WILL sell. ebay doesn't guarantee that items will
be bid on. (i am not defending ebay's current new policies here, by
the way).
i have put items on ebay (as have thousands of others) that did not
sell or get bid on. this is not ebay's fault. simply stated....
nobody wanted what you were offering--plain and simple.
jeff
On Mar 6, 2008, at 4:53 PM, Joseph Bonelli wrote:
When it cost me over $40.00 to list four items (some posters and
laserdiscs) after Hurricane Katrina and they didn't sell, I decided
that selling on Ebay was no longer for me. I still buy things
occasionally and will probably continue but If I decide to sell
movie memorabilia items I'll probably look to consign.
Ebay, like all behemoths (even giant ones!), is looking for a fall.
Joe B in NOLA
Freedom Lover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I started straying from ebay a few months back. If I come across
something in my ebay 'searches', I check to see if it's a member of
MoPo before I bid. If not, I generally skip it. Same thing for
magic posters. I just go directly to their private auctions. Some
people, like me, only go behind ebay's back because ebay is too
sleazy/sneaky to do good business with. Of course, you can't leave
feedback that way, but most of us are interested in the item, not
the feedback.
Ebay brought this on themselves. Greedy people always seem to cost
themselves more $$ directly relating to their greed. ... and so be
it, no? My guess is their greed will be their downfall.
Andrea
On Mar 6, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Patrick Michael Tupy wrote:
I agree COMPLETELY! I have had probably 50 times where I have not
bid due to a friend being the current high bidder. OR for me,
when deciding how much to bid and when, to strategically see what
other bidder's history's were in the last 30 days or so could help
me gage in some way how high they would 'normally' go in their
past auctions. I have ZERO problem with anyone seeing my past
history, etc. and as information is power, we are clearly all
becoming far less powerful on Ebay where there is so little to be
had in the first place. Also, just as an aside, wouldn't being
unable to see a bidder's ID encourage some unscrupulous Sellers to
shill bid their items. Anywho, as a result, I will likely not
bid as often on Ebay due to all the current 'improvements' and end
up buying from dealers more. In fact, I already have been.
I actually spoke to a rep at Ebay and complained about the new
Seller fees and not being able to leave negative feedback while
buyers still could. He stated that there was retaliatory feedback
happening (yeah, I know, shocking), to which I replied, great, now
any bidder can hurt a Seller's rep with impunity, how is that
fair? His response, "Well, we are putting a huge amount of
dedicated manpower toward resolving any complaints etc. and any
banned buyer's feedback will be removed retroactively." To which
I replied, doesn't the fact that you feel you have to allocate all
this new manpower mean that you've actually created a new problem
that requires such action on your part.? He said they'd had a lot
of complaints about this and he'd 'note' my statements to his
managers, etc.
I'm sure my complaint this will solve everything.
Patrick
On Mar 6, 2008, at 11:35 AM, Freedom Lover wrote:
I noticed that, but I don't think it's necessarily a good idea.
I mostly buy and if I want something a friend of mine is bidding
on, I'll sometimes let it go (depends on the piece, of course).
Of course, the sellers will say this is bad for business and
they're right. I still liked the option of standing aside for a
bud.
Andrea
On Mar 6, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Kenwick Cook wrote:
Hey gang;
I just noticed that starting today, that "putting your name
in the room" means nothing... I guess it's now truly a 'silent
auction'... bidders' screen names are no longer legible,
regardless of the going-price... below is the new quote on all
Bidding History pages:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
To help keep the eBay community safe, enhance bidder privacy,
and protect our members from fraudulent emails, eBay has changed
how User IDs display on the bid history page. Only you and the
seller of the item can view your User ID, all other members will
see anonymous user IDs, such as x***y.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I guess as a bidder, I kinda like the limiting of fraud,
however, I'll miss putting my screen name out there because I
truly felt that it helped to link buyers to My Store with that
silly little Red Door...
What're y'all's thoughts?
FranKenwick
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